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11:50 AM ET, March 16, 2024

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New York Times:
How Trump Is Scrambling to Raise Cash  —  The former president is facing converging financial crunches as he and the Republican Party confront a shortfall against President Biden and the Democrats.  —  As many as three nights a week, Donald J. Trump has been hosting private dinners at Mar-a-Lago …
Discussion: Jacobin
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Fox News:
Pence declines to endorse Trump, won't back Biden  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence has declined to endorse his onetime running mate, former President Trump, in a bombshell announcement Friday.  —  Pence, whose relationship soured with Trump after the January 6 riots wherein the president faulted …
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Mike Pence Says He Won't Endorse Donald Trump For President
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Trump aide Peter Navarro asks Supreme Court to keep him out of prison
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Pence says he ‘cannot in good conscience’ endorse Trump
Discussion: UPI, Outside the Beltway and NBC News
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Mike Pence ran with Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. In 2024, he won't even endorse him
Discussion: The Sun and DNyuz
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Laura Ingraham Apologizes for Graphic of Wrong Black Lawyer  —  On The Ingraham Angle, attorney Terrence Bradley was substituted for Nathan Wade in a graphic alongside Fani Willis.  —  Fox News host Laura Ingraham apologized Friday night for a graphic that erroneously identified attorney Terrence Bradley …
Discussion: Raw Story and DNyuz
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WSB-TV:
Nathan Wade resigns from Trump Georgia case following judge's ruling
Reuters:
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, sources say  —  SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening …
Discussion: Space
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The Great Resignation hits Congress: Lawmakers are quitting, too  —  The 118th Congress has been so unpopular among members of the House themselves that it's leading to an unprecedented number of resignations  —  Despite all the congressional gridlock these days, lawmakers have succeeded …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump's big lie in Arizona  —  The state Republican party is undaunted by electoral defeats for those claiming voting is rigged - and election officials are bearing the brunt of their fury  —  On a glorious spring day in Phoenix …
Associated Press:
New Welsh leader ‘honored’ to be Europe's first Black national leader  —  Vaughan Gething, son of a Welsh father and Zambian mother, said he is honored to be “the first black leader in any European country.”  —  Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday …
Discussion: BBC and Politico
Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch:
Leaked SpaceX documents show company forbids employees to sell stock if it deems they've misbehaved  —  ‘An act of dishonesty against the company’ is among the violations cited  —  SpaceX requires employees to agree to some unusual terms related to their stock awards, which have a chilling effect on staff …
New York Times:
Republican Senate Slugfest in Ohio Fuels Jitters About Trump's Candidate  —  The former president will appear alongside Bernie Moreno on Saturday, one potential sign that Mr. Moreno could use an 11th-hour assist.  —  The former president will appear alongside Bernie Moreno on Saturday …
Reuters:
Ukraine attacks Russian city and refinery on second day of presidential election  —  A Ukrainian missile attack killed two people in western Russia and a separate drone strike set an oil refinery ablaze on Saturday, the second day of an election that President Vladimir Putin has accused Kyiv of trying to disrupt.
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
SBF Considered ‘Coming Out as a Republican’ Amid FTX Collapse  — Prosecutors disclose Bankman-Fried plans in sentencing memo  — SBF considered going on Tucker Carlson, opposing woke ‘agenda’  —  Sam Bankman-Fried came up with a lot of ideas to rehabilitate his image and launch …
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
For the country's sake, Vice President Harris should step aside  —  The Democratic Party's indulgence of identity politics has proved successful in building a diverse organization, but its strategy of courting (and pandering to) minority voters is the road to ruin.
USA Today:
‘Engage on this issue’: House GOP leadership tells members to take on abortion; IVF  —  WASHINGTON — Republican leaders are encouraging Congressional candidates not to shy away from discussing abortion and in vitro fertilization during the election this fall.
CBS News:
Secret Service, Justice Dept locate person of interest in swatting attacks on DHS Secretary Mayorkas and other officials  —  Federal agents have located a person of interest in over 100 swatting calls, which included calls targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Mike Johnson Suddenly Seems Ready to Stick a Shiv in MAGA  —  Poor Mike Johnson is in quite a bind.  The House speaker simply doesn't have a governing majority: It is borderline impossible to pass anything with only Republican votes, because the hard-right MAGA bloc wants to thwart governing at all costs.
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
‘We are losing our kids to a satanic cult,’ Sen. Tommy Tuberville warns during Utah campaign stop  —  The Alabama Republican has endorsed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Trent Staggs in the race to replace Utah Sen. Mitt Romney in Congress.  —  Alabama Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville …
 
 
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Craig Simpson / Telegraph:
British countryside can evoke ‘dark nationalist’ feelings in paintings, warns museum
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Security footage of Boeing repair before door-plug blowout was overwritten
Discussion: Gizmodo and DNyuz
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
A Watershed Moment for the Politics of Israel, Courtesy of Chuck Schumer
Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Biden admin funnels $1 billion for climate programs at borders amid ongoing migrant crisis
Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:
2 Orange school board conservatives ousted by recalls with LGBTQ+ policies at the center
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
DeSantis details alarming find aboard Haitian migrant boat seized off Florida coast
New York Times:
Kushner Developing Deals Overseas Even as His Father-in-Law Runs for President
Justin Horowitz / Media Matters for America:
Lara Trump says she wants to hire QAnon conspiracy theorist Scott Presler to work for the RNC
Pew Research Center:
8 in 10 Americans Say Religion Is Losing Influence in Public Life
Reuters:
‘Squid Game’ actor O Yeong-su convicted of sexual harassment and given a suspended sentence
 

 
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